From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 22 15:47:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A466106566C for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:47:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f165.google.com (mail-bw0-f165.google.com [209.85.218.165]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B84598FC20 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:47:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so30223bwz.43 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:47:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=/0tEtx+1uLTD93cZzUK3qnZ159nJElK85ySIjFtd+oE=; b=GB/N1Sj+nc8hOPkk4uWBax88PfwH94B3xTJxqW8tEhCFHdVlYFtaTCl67fZe5Dfv/q ItCf33Sqd23gCFIkYQEZejQxJBs07vULGS/ny/GIxOQGuH3kT75H1GM3cZYhxDy7dXlZ ELUDGwid1ywFsVlks4fjd9bdmDd8DdZw4OTpc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=pAXaom2GscejhjAcvPwNQp1xLAlY238ZInGgFEaXUg5CagquUrQkO1kC1a4El1FAC5 V1rvhtDzjAVgZdlf9Ln3dca5XWge6JNGPaIbosVckreOhmkfQGcyMvhiph2CKg0IGsjY nWDiP8aJKDjg7COXAz6bksu5MXgY55pbnDtAw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.115.80 with SMTP id h16mr2622764faq.94.1240415264519; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:47:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1240414705.73519.12.camel@pukruppa.net> References: <20090422072312.GA92118@thought.org> <1240414705.73519.12.camel@pukruppa.net> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:47:44 -0500 Message-ID: From: Andrew Gould To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: maybe OT, but involves OOO its slideshow fmt, ``Impress'' X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:47:46 -0000 On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 22.04.2009, 00:23 -0700 schrieb Gary Kline: > > In any case, there are > > two questions for this list. > > The first, obviously, is subjective and is: > > would having my stuff in slideshow fmt gain me a wider readership? > Yes. Any sort of attractive presentation will draw more attention to > your content than ordinary text without any pictures or animations. > > > The > > second is: anybody out there willing to clue me in on this stuff? > I have always made very good experiences with technical questions of all > kind on this list. Regarding your contents or lay-out and design there > probably are better forums. > > Greetings, > > Uli. > > gary > > > It is very difficult to convey concepts or ideas with any complexity with slides alone. Usually, slides should accompany and complement a presentation. If the document must stand alone (no speech, etc), and the content is of any complexity, I would advise not using slides. For anyone using slides, I recommend the following book by Garr Reynolds: "Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery" Best regards, Andrew